[milliken]

> Hi Scott,> > How right you are – especially about the suave salesman – taking candy from a baby – and it is great to hear about it from the other perspective. I feel a  like I’m in (was it Rumsey who said it?) the unknown unknown. Just bought an e reader (I went on a course where they were heavily touted) and am currently struggling to convert PDFs to a more readable format. I spend all my time feeling a bit bemused.> > it is interesting to feel your frustration.  Part of the reason I’m doing this course is to force myself to actually do the online thing. > > I thinking too that it time teaschers woke up to the fact that this is very much their job these days and they need to adapt.> > Not sure if this goes to all our group and now that we have moved to Moodle it might only go to you.> 

[milliken]

Hi Scott

 

On a personal level I’m with you and have spent many hours wandering cyberspace.

But on both a personal level (sometimes) and a professional teaching level (often) I feel that I am standing knocking at a door and when eventually I work out that the lever you call a handle opens the door – it’s locked and I need a key which I then have to work out where to get.

So yes, new strategies needed and that is exactly what I’m here to learn.

[milliken]

I am a bit new to all this and what i like’loathe about the whole thing is learning. I’ve read lots of theory but try to practice it I find is very ifficult. I never quite know whether it’s me being  a clod, my computer settings being wrong, my lack of the achitecture knowledge of vle’s, facebook or moodle or if it problems to do with the course design or infrastructure. this is on the forum.

[milliken]

As a media teacher I can understand the the whole concern over ‘attention, persuasion and influence’. Knowledge about how these non face to face interactions are constructed is the key to communicationg in a TEL environment. As you rightly point out main function of the pupil teacher relationship is that of transmission and reception.

[milliken]

The whole nature of TEL is what we are here define and move forward with questions such as

Is this a genuinely diffferent way of structuring learning or just more of the same ?

Can we move away from viewing technology as mere resource delivery?

Will it become nothing more than a monitoring panopticon?

How will students react to  this multitude of knowledge, views and practice?

Will this liberate or daunt?

How to we develope our skills to ensure that students are motivated and have the skills required to navigate this new environment?

How are environments created that ensure sharing and access are enjoyed by students?

I’d like to hear what light anyone can shed on this.

 

 

[milliken]

Hi

 

Could I join your group. I am a mainstream teacher but I am interested in home schooling and the use of technology to enhance learning outside the classrooom.

David

[milliken]

My name is David and I’d like to join a diverse group. I am a Media/English teacher at a boys school on the edge of London. My perspective is that TEL is a logical extension of Media Studies. As a whole, the subject is a little daunting so all learning and shared experience is welcome.  I am currently writng a dissertation based around ‘the use of technology to produce meaningful products  enables learning’

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